Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Meet Seven People Shaping Trump’s Infrastructure Plan (The Hill) Citing Trump Budget and Cost of Studies, Lansing Transit Authority to Cancel BRT Plan (State Journal) Last Week’s Brutality Just Scratches the Surface of Sacramento’s Jaywalking Enforcement Problems (Sac Bee) Downtown LA Developer Plans Parking Garage That Can Easily Be Converted Into Something Useful (LAT) TechCrunch Looks at the Promise and Pitfalls … Continued

By Stephen Miller

8:55 AM EDT on April 17, 2017

Meet Seven People Shaping Trump’s Infrastructure Plan (The Hill)
Citing Trump Budget and Cost of Studies, Lansing Transit Authority to Cancel BRT Plan (State Journal)
Last Week’s Brutality Just Scratches the Surface of Sacramento’s Jaywalking Enforcement Problems (Sac Bee)
Downtown LA Developer Plans Parking Garage That Can Easily Be Converted Into Something Useful (LAT)
TechCrunch Looks at the Promise and Pitfalls of Dockless Bike-Share’s Venture Capital-Funded Boom
Louisville Bike-Share to Launch With 30 Stations, 300 Bicycles Next Month (Courier-Journal)
Colorado DOT Plan to Widen I-70 Through North Denver Gets FHWA Support (Denver Post)
Downtown Vancouver’s Last Gas Station Has Closed, Ready for Development (CBC)
Oregon Legislature Advances Bill to Allow 20 MPH Residential Speed Limit in Portland (BikePortland)
Oxnard, CA, Tests Out Protected Bike Lanes During Earth Day Celebration (Ventura County Star)

Stephen Miller

In spring 2017, Stephen wrote for Streetsblog USA, covering the livable streets movement and transportation policy developments around the nation. From August 2012 to October 2015, he was a reporter for Streetsblog NYC, covering livable streets and transportation issues in the city and the region. After joining Streetsblog, he covered the tail end of the Bloomberg administration and the launch of Citi Bike. Since then, he covered mayoral elections, the de Blasio administration's ongoing Vision Zero campaign, and New York City's ever-evolving street safety and livable streets movements.

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